On May 1st, papa Jasper retired, and he and grandma hit the road for a trip to Texas. It wound them through Indiana, Tennessee and tornado-ridden Arkansas. Thankfully they had no problems on their drive, and they even made it into Austin earlier than planned. We had a great visit with them. Grandma kindly did some shrub pruning that I was nervous to do. Drew came home from work just in time to see Jasper smelling the rosemary bush grandma was pruning. He was taking a good long sniff, and he was having fun. We had a variety of weather here the week they were with us. Some days were lovely and allowed us to have all the windows open. Some days were hot and humid and called for the A/C. But most days gave us the opportunity to be outside at least some. Papa took Jasper for walks, hit golf balls and tried to ease into this retirement thing.
We returned to the sprinkler park Jasper liked so much while grandma and papa were here. Unfortunately the sprinklers stopped working while we were there and Jasper never really had a chance to get into it.
But he did spend some time pretending he was a lion with grandma. She started this thing with Jasper while she was here where she'd hold her fists up by her face and say "here comes the lion, sneaking through the jungle, looking for Jasper ... ROAR!" at which time she'd open her fists to be like a lion's mane/emphasize the roaring. The first time she did it she roared pretty loudly, and Jasper was startled. But after that she was a little more tame and he LOVED it. He never got the opening the fists portion of the gig, but he would walk up to grandma and hold his fists up by his face to get her to do it ... over and over and over.
Mother's Day was a lovely day here in Austin. We had a great brunch together and then ...
Jasper and papa enjoyed some (TPC) golf after napping.
Papa and grandma also bought Jasper a sandbox for the deck while they were here. Jasper enjoyed getting his bare feet in the sand and (unfortunately) throwing the sand. We're working on that.
Here grandma and Jasper are enjoying some fun play time.
and a little bit of wrestling.
Grandma, Papa and Jasper
We were sad to see grandma and papa go, but they have busy lives to lead and needed to be back in Kalamazoo for a wedding and to get the house all buttoned up before spending lots of time at the cabin this summer. While they were here they were a big help. Grandma helped me with multiple sewing projects around the house and bathed/put Jasper down for bed every night. They were even willing to do some babysitting so Drew and I could go out one night.
We returned to the sprinkler park Jasper liked so much while grandma and papa were here. Unfortunately the sprinklers stopped working while we were there and Jasper never really had a chance to get into it.
But he did spend some time pretending he was a lion with grandma. She started this thing with Jasper while she was here where she'd hold her fists up by her face and say "here comes the lion, sneaking through the jungle, looking for Jasper ... ROAR!" at which time she'd open her fists to be like a lion's mane/emphasize the roaring. The first time she did it she roared pretty loudly, and Jasper was startled. But after that she was a little more tame and he LOVED it. He never got the opening the fists portion of the gig, but he would walk up to grandma and hold his fists up by his face to get her to do it ... over and over and over. 
Mother's Day was a lovely day here in Austin. We had a great brunch together and then ...
Jasper and papa enjoyed some (TPC) golf after napping. 
Papa and grandma also bought Jasper a sandbox for the deck while they were here. Jasper enjoyed getting his bare feet in the sand and (unfortunately) throwing the sand. We're working on that. 
Here grandma and Jasper are enjoying some fun play time.
and a little bit of wrestling.
Grandma, Papa and Jasper
We were sad to see grandma and papa go, but they have busy lives to lead and needed to be back in Kalamazoo for a wedding and to get the house all buttoned up before spending lots of time at the cabin this summer. While they were here they were a big help. Grandma helped me with multiple sewing projects around the house and bathed/put Jasper down for bed every night. They were even willing to do some babysitting so Drew and I could go out one night. 
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I saw the fountain when I was downtown last weekend. It looked SOOO fun!!!
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